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Planning Commission
Minutes
Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Planning Commission was called to order on
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 6:04 p.m., via teleconference, by Chair Dandekar.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Michael Hopkins, Steve Kahn, Nicholas Quincey (6:18),
Michelle Shoresman, Mike Wulkan, Vice-Chair Robert Jorgensen, and Chair
Hemalata Dandekar
Absent: None
Staff: Community Development Director Michael Codron, Senior Planner Brian Leveille,
Assistant City Attorney Roy Hanley, and Deputy City Clerk Kevin Christian
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
1.CONSENT AGENDA – CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WULKAN, SECOND BY
COMMISSIONER SHORESMAN, CARRIED 6-0-1 to approve the Planning Commission
Minutes of June 10, 2020.
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Chair Dandekar called a recess at 6:10 to allow technical issues to be resolved. The meeting was
called back to order at 6:18 with all Commissioners present, including Commissioner Quincey.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. Review of an appeal of the Community Development Director’s decision to approval a new
three-story, 3,439-square foot single-family residence on a sloped lot. The single-family
dwelling includes an attached four-car garage and a 967-square foot accessory dwelling unit.
Project includes requested exceptions from the Hillside Development Standards of the Zoning
Regulations to allow portions of downhill building walls to exceed 15 feet in height and to
allow retaining walls up to 12 feet in height (ARCH-0816-2019). This project is categorically
exempt from environmental review (CEQA); Project Address: 1141 Ella Street; Case #:
APPL-0233-2020; Zone: R-2; Steven Goschke, appellant.
Assistant Planner Kyle Van Leeuwen presented the staff report and responded to Commission
inquiries.
Appellant, Steven Goschke, reviewed the points made in his appeal, stressing issues related to
the lot’s calculated slope, applicable building code, exceptions, and project size and scale.
Applicant Representative, Thomas Esser, provided an overview of the project, the project
challenges, and the sensitivity given to the neighborhood in the design solutions.
Chair Dandekar opened the public hearing.
Public Comments
Didier and Beatrice Cop, read by Deputy Clerk Christian
Chair Dandekar closed the public hearing
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KAHN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
WULKAN, CARRIED 7-0-0 to adopt a resolution entitled:
“A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO PLANNING COMMISSION OF SAN
LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, DENYING AN APPEAL (FILED BY STEVEN
GOSCHKE) THEREBY APPROVING A NEW THREE-STORY, 3,439-SQUARE
FOOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, 967-SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT, AND A 1,031-SQUARE FOOT, FOUR-CAR GARAGE ON A
SLOPED LOT, WHICH INCLUDES REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS FROM THE
HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS TO
ALLOW PORTIONS OF DOWNHILL BUILDING WALLS TO EXCEED 15 FEET IN
HEIGHT AND TO ALLOW RETAINING WALLS UP TO 12 FEET IN HEIGHT,
WITH A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS
REPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ATTACHMENTS DATED JUNE 24,
2020 (1141 ELLA STREET, APPL-0233-2020)”
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3. Review of the acquisition of a portion of right-of-way adjacent to Los Osos Valley Road from
the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to the City of San Luis Obispo.
Property is for the use of City right-of-way and to be relinquished by Caltrans and exempt from
environmental review; Project Location: Western edge of Los Osos Valley Road at Calle
Joaquin intersection; Case #: GENP-0251-2020; Zone: Not Zoned (Currently Caltrans
right-of-way); City of San Luis Obispo, applicant.
Engineer Shelsie Kloepper presented the staff report and responded to Commission inquiries.
Chair Dandekar opened the public hearing.
Public Comments
None
Chair Dandekar closed the public hearing
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WULKAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
HOPKINS, CARRIED 7-0-0 to adopt a resolution entitled:
“A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE FOR
THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY ADJACENT TO LOS OSOS VALLEY ROAD
FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS)
TO THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO (CITY) WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS REPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND
ATTACHMENTS DATED JUNE 24, 2020 (GENP-0251-2020)”
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
4. Agenda Forecast – Senior Planner Brian Leveille provided an update of upcoming projects.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m. The next Regular Planning Commission meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, 2020, via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION: XX/XX/2020
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